Early Life and Career
Marson won his first Blue Peter badge in 1972, which influenced him to pursue a career with the BBC in 1988. He worked on many TV programmes, including Going Live!, Top of the Pops, and eventually Blue Peter. Between 1983 and 1988, he wrote for Doctor Who Magazine.
Following five years as a freelance worker as a producer and director for such companies as Disney, Planet 24, and London Weekend Television, Marson returned to the BBC to direct Record Breakers and Tomorrow's World, eventually joining Blue Peter as a producer in 1998. Marson became first the series producer and then the editor of the show, before being sacked in September 2007.
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